Tokyo office grows own food in vertical farm
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- čas přidán 24. 01. 2016
- In a country with very little arable land (only 12% compared with 20% in the US), in one of the most populated cities in the world, one company chose to give up 43,000 square feet of valuable workspace to grow food. In the Tokyo headquarters of human resources company Pasona Group they grow 200 species of fruits and vegetables and even rice that are harvested and served to employees.
The indoor urban farm doesn’t just provide food, but by mixing workspace and farm space, the company tries to provide a healthier quality of life for employees. Here green isn’t just a window dressing: immediately upon entering the building you walk over a 1,000-square-foot rice paddy, continue through an okra field and you enter the vine-covered “tomato guest room” or the “vegetable factory” filled with hundreds of hydroponic heads of lettuce. On the second floor, fruit trees form partition walls between meeting spaces, bean sprouts are grown under benches and herbs grow on shelving along the walls.
Even the outside of the building is covered in plants helping keep the building cool in summer and warmer in winter. According to the farm’s designers Kono Designs, “it is the largest and most direct farm-to-table of its kind ever realized inside an office building in Japan.”
Original story: faircompanies.com/videos/view/... - Jak na to + styl
Wow! Imagine this in a hospital or in doctor's offices. Healing the body, the mind, even the air with eatable indoor gardens.
katiatomsk or in a bathroom as you pass kidney stones
Eatable! Edible is the correct word
Or just in every building...
@@lone6718 Will save transport costs in food deliveries too
Maybe their employees have a fresh mind even after work.Its relaxing and stress remover invironment.Feeling like they are just in the garden.
Genius!!!! The plants produce great fresh food, and help to remove carbon dioxide from the building. The plants block the sun in the summer, and let sun in during the winter! So very creative! Love it!
Japan is so organized, unmatched by anywhere in the world, beautiful, much respect for Japan!
They are so far ahead in everything 😊
No lie. This is one of the most beautiful buildings i have ever seen
I don't know how you travel all around the world for these videos, but I'm glad you do. Best channel on CZcams!
I love indoor farming. I'd want to do this in a residential space.
+Phresh Ideas + Designs me too! i wonder if i can do some of this at home. Not the rice padi though, don't have THAT much space.
have you guys done something by now with farming?
But rice? Could only 3 harvesting a year pay for the lighting hearing, AC, and water. This would be very expensive rice.
@@richlaue solar panel, wind turbine, battery
thats great man
This is innovative and artful, deliberately used as a design element in the architecture. The overhead installations were fascinating. I've never seen gardens so fully integrated into a work space!
We need more buildings like this in Canada. I’d love to do this at home.
I can see how this would make a huge difference in the working environment, especially in Tokyo.
When I lived there, I really started to miss grass, as weird as it sounds.
This looks so cool :) I love to see buildings like this! Thanks for sharing :)
Huge respect to the person who created this
This is so inspiring. Thanks for this one Kirsten.
Indoor air quality is one hidden benefit of indoor growing in an office environment, an area which, even with environmental controls, is often worse than being outside.
Love this!! Makes me want to bury a few shipping containers and grow food all year around utilizing hydroponics. Great video, thank you!! ☺
thank you so much for posting this video on CZcams....
+Purva Gawde is an old video, just a new jornalist. is all over youtube. they have a powerplant next door from the same owners...
Wish there were more indoor farms like this in my city! Brilliant idea
This is so amazing and inspiring! It is my dream to build this so I can give to our employees and clients this type of environment at our future office.
They say farm in office i hear Self Sustaining Apocalypse shelter!!!! XD
Yes but who gets the produce. Not enough for all.
Incredible! The air must be fresh and clean inside. With the latest LEDs they could save a ton of money on lighting. However, office buildings usually have way more lights than they should, they are merely making use of existing lighting which is wasted (plus a few more lights). Using wasted office space for this purpose is very smart. I would love to be the person responsible for that grow space!
Most countries have strict regulations on light coverage and it's regularity and possibly shadows(all those things go hand in hand, could regulate only any one of them and get similar results). And it's mainly there for workers health and efficiency.
Which means you don't necessary need strong lights but a lot of them.
@@CzornyLisek Thank you for reminding me I shouldn't give up my dreams!
@@rjaquaponics9266
That was unexpected reply. Tho good luck with dreams : )
Wow they should implement little farms in every public space.
Pretty awesome, I wish every building was more like this. You may have the coolest channel on youtube.
Amazing. That country is so damn creative. Love it.
Neat! And certainly healthy. But I do wonder about their power usage, even with efficient lights. (but at least they have savings on heating and cooling)
Solar maybe?
+David Learmonth Those are not efficient lights, take that from some who uses HPS bulbs, just running one of those lights is worth more than naturally grown rice, and they've got DOZENS THERE! When she showed that stuf above the rice, I thought, wow, this is for sure all for looks. That rice if sold would cost you tens of dollars a pound using those lights they are using! No BS, look up the numbers. Unless they pay 1 cent per watt which I hightly doubt
+derty.QWERTY42°N For what its worth, they pay about 20cent pr KWh. (;
+David Learmonth Nuclear plants the ones that are now polluting the world , wonderful .
they're still able to harvest geothermal energy off of fukushima. so it's free green energy
love this channel. great to see cool stuff in japan as I live in osaka.
Absolutely Awesome! :)
This is incredible and amazing!!! I love it.
As Americans we're told we are the wealthiest most advanced country on the planet yet we lag behind every country on the planet when it comes to common sense thinking regarding science, farming, health care and human rights.
+46619TAB Really? Might want to check out the US agriculture sometime. We feed an incredible amount of people.
Human rights? Give me a break.
+46619TAB I think you've been reading too much anti-American propaganda.
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NOT reading, just looking. When was the last time you saw an office building in the USA that grew food while growing profits?
You see 1 building in Japan and we are now the bad guys. Profits? Are they subsidized? Too many questions are left unanswered.
Furthermore there are many experiments going on all over our country. Most are not near as mean and ignorant as your media might portray.
***** Urban gardens are just novelties, they have little practical value, and they certainly shouldn't be used as a metric for how 'advanced' a country is. Regardless, there are many buildings like this in the US.
Exellent !
Edible architecture!
Well that brings indoor growing to another level, love it! Do you have any info on pollination? Most of this plants are not self pollinated, are they? Would love to learn more.
Great share!
Very impressive, I like it! Maybe I will incorporate this method in my home.
This is so awesome!
Awesome, thank you.
This is so beautiful.
Real talk, the hydroponics tomato ceiling is super smart. You can see the root systems in the water but the plant climbs upwards. This is smart.
BEAUTIFUL. THANKS
This is incredible Canadian companies should do this because of the weather
amazing, thanks for sharing
So cool!
Thanks for sharing in 60 FPS HD, looks so much realer. Clicked on the ziploc ad for your video, you should get some coin. Cheers, appreciate the channel
A prime example of how all buildings should be. Better for everyone and nature.
Nice video! Greetings from the Netherlands / Holland!
I love your videos.
I have friends in Japan that have grown vines outside their windows on their homes for cooling ...saves energy.....we should do that here in California. They grow vines that also produce vegetables and fruits. They have been doing that for years. We do seem behind Japan in this area.
They do all to survive. Many ppl wonder why Singapore or Japan like vertical or indoor farm & think it's un natural, waste electric,etc..They need fews information before judging.
These country is SMALL but population. Many ppl from countryside & foreigners living & working in the city, while their country is so small.
Japan is smaller than California state!!!
Singapore even don't have enough water, so seawater & solar electric is the answer. That's why they have update their technology to help them to survive.
USA is large country & have almost everything. While many ppl ask why Sing or Japan don't use original farm on land, cause it's impossible.
This is great and eye catching, and makes people think and talk.
However, did anyone else catch the last 30 seconds, where she says they only grow the veggies and stuff to do just what I said, eye catching, and to think about agriculture, which is great, however, we, people, need to make it to the next level and actually become sustainable. Bravo!
I think it's great that the company does this. I would rather see the roof turned into a greenhouse/air conditioner for the building. And aeroponics would probably be better than hydroponics is an application like this. But they seem to want to integrate the plant growing with the office itself, which probably does have psychological advantages.
Great idea.
I love it!
Wow cool!
Truly Smart!!!
this would be cool, but it would have been cooler if they cut out the ceiling and let natural light shine through from all angles or something that would be neat...but this is a start
Does different light colors change the growth and color of plants ,that is so neat 🤩
still awesome :)
Research has shown that working in green spaces boosts creativity. It would be interesting to find out if there is a productivity gain for Pasona Groups workforce...
I would love to dine at their canteen.
This is great idea! Especially for urban work areas. Maybe put some nets under those ceiling vegetables. Imagine a tomato or squash fall on someone's head.
this is such a creative building
All condominiums should have this...
I love it 😍
This is fantastic 😊😊😊😊
6:13 wouldn't be Japan without seeing someone asleep from overwork.
My dream office!
This is amazing
soooo cool!!!!!
my dream office :)
Japanese always impress me by their efficiency . Other countries have, experimented with this type of project . Comparing progress of various systems is realy very interesting, as solutions must be found, for the future . We are actualy, still growing food the same way as primative man. For an OVERPOPULATION TODAY.
きれいなところですね～
This makes more sense than using heating for heat, grow plants and use the free heat!
wow, this is it, amazing
This doesn't cause any condensation/humidity issues with all the large glass windows?
asking permission to use video for educational & information purposes, thank you.
led is very good for vegetation. problem is a good led cost some bucks
Awesome
Wow!!!!
Brilliant
Great technology and great initiative. But for me such an office still remains an office. Great to get out of - if you catch my drift. But nonetheless - great technology and great initiative. And great to see a few people taking a nap during their day at work.
when my company was building a new facility, I asked the president if the roof was going to be flat so that we could put Gardens on green spaces and grow food for the companies cafeteria.
everybody fell silent as he looked at me like I had two pumpkins for head, and said, "well I don't think our food service people would take too well to us growing our own food."
"Oh, I thought you, rather than the food service company, ran this place!"
about two weeks after that there was a bunch of national press in the various local market Sunday edition about how New York city hall I just finished installing a garden on the roof, and explain that they had partnered with their food service company said go like the idea because it could put their employees to work doing more interesting then been fighting NYC Traffic delivering 10 pound bag of red beans all over Manhattan.
must've been satisfying to see his reaction as you look at him as if he had 2 pumpkins for his head.
I wonder what the methane production of the rice paddy is and how they deal with the emissions? The guest waiting room with the tomatores must smell terrific!
still waiting for skyscraper farms to grow food for the local community. first heard the idea in mid 2000s but haven't heard much on actual use of the idea. just surprised its taking so long to implement this idea of vertical farming.
Oh nice.
Amazing. Where is the aquaponic system? How do you create the aquaponic mixture of all nutrients? Someone does it or a machine? Can you show the perfect mixture of all nutrients?
Alternatives to growing food and creating health workplaces for employees.
just WOW
I have been dreaming to do this in India. Hope I can do it soon
Sandeep Goswami :same here bro....
Me too....
WHERE CAN I LEARN OR TRAINED WITH THIS TECHNIQUE?? the use of light is so critical in plant growth, how they can analyzed or measure those things??? plant need carbon dioxide, how they can put it there knowing that it inside the building??? the proper nutrients calculation per plant, how they measure yhose things????
PLEASE HELP ME, I AM REALLY WANTED TO LEARN. ANY VIDEO TUTORIAL. OR SEMINAR????
I wonder how much the lights to grow the plants would cost? is it cost effective ?
it's a great idea and really shows how innovative growing food can be.
It's not cost effective, except maybe for lettuce. For anything else, like vegetables or rice, it would use less energy, and this be more environmentally friendly to transport those from 1000 km-s away.
Brilliant,just imagine
if every business did this with their buildings ,
And gave half to the
poor ,
Hunger and poverty
Be greatly reduced 😕
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great.. are they sharing their research?
Why doesn't Chicago have this?
Nice
Yeah, we don't yet have the technology to make this financially viable under artificial lighting because the raw output of energy from the sun is just too much, and we cannot compete with that using electric lights. These projects are important for other reasons. One is they force us to think about how it could be possible and improve....eventually the technologically will be there...and it will pass us buy (or worse get bought and suppressed by monied interest as did the electric car in teh 90's) if we don't develop it on the fly. Two, growing this many plants indoors will have health benefits in a big city. There is quite strong evidence now that plants are very effective at cleaning up pollution, and that air pollution in closed environments is a major contributor to disease. Saving even a handful of people from developing a debiliting disease in one building could save the company millions and probably more in the long run. If we wanted viability, this could be done with todays technology, but we would need more clever engineering designing the building itself to harness natural lighting and use aeroponic technologies to recycle water.
They DON'T USE AIR CONDITIONER or HEATER.
The farm in office is FREE. In Japan, 1 KWH is $0.2!
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This is lit
we will always respect Japanese mindset, all work results.
They're burning money with that grow light setup.
Why it's in the ground floor? Is the soil too heavy and the upper floors can take the pressure of this extra weight?
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You would have tons of regulations here that would get in the way of that. Several prisons here used to grow all of their own food and it became so regulated it was stopped. I liked the video and appreciate you sharing.
+Nomadic Traveler you mean pressure was put on Washington to regulate it to such a degree so that food companies could get lucrative food contracts with the prison boards...
What I mean is do gooders stepped in and figured oh there maybe a chance the food grown will make someone sick without a inspectors on ground all day everyday. So with numerous inspectors having to be hired the prisons just said forget it.
Its really cool but are people thinking about long term health effects of growing in styrofoam or removing soil which is where the plant derives its nutrients or even the microorganisms that naturally live in top soil that are critical for gut health. Love the concept but can functional medical docs please chat with hydroponics guys as there is a massive disconnect.
Yeah, the styrofoam worries me